From: Bromberg, Kevin L. [mailto:kevin.bromberg@sba.gov]  

Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2014 1:23 PM

To: kevin.bromberg@sba.gov

Subject: Reminder: SBA Advocacy Environmental Roundtable ‐ Friday August 1, 2014 ‐ Note 1‐3 PM ‐ 

Addition of One Speaker for SNAP  

Teleconference Number: 888-858-2144 Access Code: 9232939 

***SBA Environmental Roundtable Meeting*** 

FRIDAY, August 1, 2014 1 p.m. – 3 p.m. 

TO: Interested Persons 

FROM: Kevin Bromberg, Assistant Chief Counsel, Environment 

David Rostker, Assistant Chief Counsel, Environment 

 

SUBJECT: Next SBA Environmental Roundtable Meeting 

 

The next U.S. Small Business Administration, Office of Advocacy Environmental Roundtable 

will meet to discuss the following topics, beginning at 1 p.m. on Friday, August 1, 2014. The 

meeting will be held in Washington, D.C., at the Small Business Administration Headquarters, 

409 Third Street SW. Send RSVP to david.rostker@sba.gov. We have adopted a casual clothes 

option for all Roundtable meetings. 

Draft Agenda 

1:00 - 2:00 PM Significant New Alternative Program (SNAP) Proposal - Reduction of 

Use of Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) 

Emily K. Davis, Staff Attorney, Clean Air Project 

Natural Resources Defense Council 

Cindy Newberg, Stratospheric Protection Division, 

EPA Office of Air and Radiation 

Doug Fratz, Aerosol Products Division Staff Executive, Consumer 

Specialty Products Association 

Mary Dane, Refrigeration Task Group Chair, North American Association 

of Food Equipment Manufacturers (NAFEM) 

2:00 - 2:30 PM Discussion 
2:30 - 3:00 PM EPA Small Business Ombudsman Office Overview 

Joan Rogers, Small Business Ombudsman, Office of Small Business 

Programs, EPA

Roundtable meetings are open to all interested persons, with the exception of the press, in order 

to facilitate open and frank discussion about the impacts of Federal regulatory activities on 

small entities. Agendas and presentations are available to all, including the press. Anyone who 

wants to receive roundtable agendas or presentations, or to be included in the distribution list, 

should forward such requests to kevin.bromberg@sba.gov. The purpose of these Roundtable 

meetings is to exchange opinions, facts and information and to obtain the attendees’ individual 

views and opinions regarding small business concerns. The meetings are not intended to 

achieve or communicate any consensus positions of the attendees. 

Small Business Environmental Roundtable 

Issues for Discussion 

August 1, 2014 

Significant New Alternatives Program (SNAP) 

EPA announced a proposed rule on July 10, 2014, which would terminate the use of certain 

hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) with high global warming potential (GWP) as part of the U.S. 

implementation of the Montreal protocol. Users of affected HFCs include hundreds of 

thousands of small businesses, including manufacturers of foam-based products (e.g. marine 

flotation), aerosol manufacturers, commercial food refrigeration equipment manufacturers, retail 

food stores with refrigeration equipment, and automotive manufacturers. EPA should consider 

the technical and economic feasibility of transitioning from the HFCs to the substitute chemicals, 

and the time needed to make this transition.